EMI Client Stories Part 3: "The Impact"

Friends, if you are only able to watch one of these 3-part videos please watch this one. This is why we do what we do at EMI. The hope and transformation that we get to glimpse and share is truly indescribable.

"Something that's become really clear to me over the years is ministry isn't buildings and ministry isn't programs. Ministry is relationships."
- Les Peters, Founder Impact Ministries Guatemala

Here's part 3 of our client testimony video below:
The Impact! (4 1/2 min)

I love that at EMI we never forget the why behind what we're doing. In the midst of our often very hectic and busy work we regularly make time to pause whether through our daily office devotions, the 4 hrs of weekly discipleship (mentorship and coursework) our staff and interns participate in, or the time we give each team to share these stories that they are returning with from their project trips. 

• Haiti Arise Children's Home - Haiti
• Ratanak Reintegration Home - Cambodia
• Rotom Senior Citizen Center - Uganda
• Impact Ministries Vida Children's Home - Guatemala

These are beautiful stories of opportunity, restoration, and hope that our clients are pursuing each and every day. This is what we are about every day and through every project we work on at EMI to help others dream big dreams and see them become reality.

"We want to raise up the next generation of leaders for Haiti.  We want to change their lives.....I would like one day when I am an old man walking around to hear: "Carley is the prime minister of Haiti; or the congressman; or any of them. Or Joseph, from the children's village is a pastor or an evangelist. They are impacting their communities."
-Marc Honorat, Founder Haiti Arise

EMI Client Stories Part 2: "The Solution"

"They basically come equip us. They equip us. They serve us so we can, in return, serve our community here, serve our country better."
-Marc Honorat, founder Haiti Arise

Here is part 2 of our client testimony video below:
The Solution! (5 min)

These are simply a handful of the ministries EMI has had the honor or partnering with and seeing projects through to completion. I find one of the gifts of working for EMI is the joy in getting to witness, connect with, and share glimpses of the type of redemptive work the Lord is providing all over the world!

If you didn't get a chance to watch the video from last week I hope you'll make a few minutes to here: The Need. These videos go well together to share a better picture of the type of equipping work EMI is seeking to do through partnership with local leaders & vision.

It really is as Lisa Honorat in the video says:
"It's a whole deal. It's the civil engineering. It's the structural engineering. It's the architecture. It's the water usage.....They don't just come with this North American mentality that 'We know everything and you guys just don't know that much so we're just going to come and do it for you.' No, it's more of a partnership and learning together of what will work best."Follow the links below to more information on the specific projects: 

• Haiti Arise Children's Home - Haiti
• Ratanak Reintegration Home - Cambodia
• Rotom Senior Citizen Center - Uganda
• Impact Ministries Vida Children's Home - Guatemala
  

Site Plan EMI developed for the new Vida Children's home in Guatemala which opened January 2018!

EMI Clients Stories Part 1: "The Need"

Hi friends, curious why I felt drawn away from a lucrative career in structural engineering to join the staff at Engineering Ministries International?  It's because of stories like these. There is need all over the world, including in our own communities, but the work EMI is doing is fostering hope and empowering those who God has already given a vision to impact their local communities. Don't just take my word for it! Hear from the unique stories of 4 ministries we worked with in the last decade through the short video below. 

Our Canadian office put these videos together after they were able to return to see their completed designs and, in some cases, begin a 2nd or 3rd phase for the ministry client.  For Haiti arise, EMI Canada has actually designed an entirely separate campus and this March we are sending a thrid team to ROTOM in Uganda to design a new primary and secondary school for thier campus as well! If you are interested in knowing more about any of these projects follow the links below to the project portfolio page. 

• Haiti Arise Children's Home - Haiti
• Ratanak Reintegration Home - Cambodia
• Rotom Senior Citizen Center - Uganda
• Impact Ministries Vida Children's Home - Guatemala
  

These are simply a handful of the ministries EMI has had the honor of partnering with and seeing projects through to completion. I find one of the gifts of working for EMI is the joy in getting to witness, connect with, and share glimpses of the type of redemptive work the Lord is providing all over the world!

Students at the new South Haiti Arise Campus

EMI's Core Values & Client Impact

In 2019 EMI worked on 109 projects in 30 different countries around the world:

EMI exists to mobilize & equip others and we do so while emphasizing design, discipleship & diversity. John Dallmann likes to points out that in the US we used to think of missions as the West to the Rest of the world, but it is becoming now ALL People to ALL Places...and we already see this happening at EMI!

• Our Ugandan office is currently our largest office with approximately half of the staff as local citizens and design professionals

• Our offices abroad are filling half their intern positions with local designers

• In the last couple years we had interns come to the US from Nigeria, Great Britain, France, & Canada as well as the States.

Hear our president/CEO share about the core values of EMI in the video below:

I got to lead orientation for our US spring interns in January. Currently, two of the interns are on a team preparing to head to Kenya for a hospital design project.  The other interns are on their way back from project trips in Korea & Zambia working on a ministry center & a new hospital master plan, respectively.

Below is a video put together last year on client testimonials about how EMI uniquely seeks to equip them through partnership in the design process.

Thanks for reading! ~ Andy

What Are EMI Projects Like?

   

The US office at EMI focuses our attention on projects mostly in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.  These projects can involve schools, hospitals, churches, or ministry centers among others.  The scope of design typically looks like master planning, architecture layouts, water/wastewater treatment, and other infrastructure development.

Interns start with a week of orientation here in Colorado Springs where they hear about EMI's vision & mission, receive theological training on why we do what we do, and learn practical tools to cross cultures and design in the developing world.

Currently, the interns are heading out on 2 week project trips to Kenya, Zambia, & Korea with other professionals on a multidisciplinary team.  They will spend the rest of the term (through May) finishing a set of design documents and a design report.  During the work week our program emphasizes life on life discipleship, mentorship, and service in the local community at a nearby soup kitchen.

Exploring the Garden of the Gods State Park with my co-interns in 2016!

My update:

I officially left my structural position at Affinity Engineering and spent January preparing for and running the US spring intern orientation at EMI!

I'm now currently working part-time at EMI as I finish the on-boarding process and study for the professional engineering license exam in April.

Over the next few weeks, I plan on sharing a series of short videos to better capture the heart and outreach of EMI as I start this new vocational path. Thanks for sharing in my journey! :)

I now live 10 minutes from this beautiful park!

I finally convinced Charles, one of my closest college friends, to move out here with me!